Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-22
afsrIins Register
N LABOR CIRCLES.
.,ru WggELY RESUME OF LOCAL AND
''' GENERAL INDUSTRIAL NEWS
,,-5;for Of The Steel and Nail BUSINESS IN
i1' T.,.rnr-EnpOyes IN Other Cites Think
ing Of Oryanizing-Oa'r News
From All Points.

TLs ambition Of things III LON1A biuNS
.,.lrs have not altered materially
last week. and there is little new to
The nail mills are still all closed
r, r,tb the exception Of the Top mill
a.,,-v which has been running for a week
or ten days past.
;o,,ryirwsd a number Of prominent
,,,rrf,cturers Oh the condition Of the
Il ,,,rket, but among nOne Of them was
md ANYTHING encouraging for the i'm
IT.. uture, As the nail market con
,;,uss IN its quiet, or rather flat condition,
,.birb Is due in great part to the labored
,,.rrrr in which stock is moving, and the
,,,,,r,,. in the building trades in the
w.-,.rp cities incident upon carpenters
strikes or threatened ones.
However. there may bea
FAVORABLE BREAK
IN tb, lul about the middle or latter part
I'm. At least something Of the kind
" - f,r by those who are we'll verSed
- -. r,rditiGn of the nail trade. am
,.I that Wherling'S usefulness IN the
- b,.irr,S has not by any means come to
s,F and something will occur IN the
%,1r. That will put her back IN her old
place. .bo e,o, ,b,, q,
newspaper in the city last Sunday IN
tir,frJ that Wheeling manufacturers
rng,,mpatrd putting some sort OF 4
a,,.rt Innlllurt on their nail machines
e. ,ra manufacture Of wire nails. Thus
very improbable, even were 1t possible,
a,l none of the Wheeling manufacturers
I'm To have heard anything about such a
move.
a,rrshir, condition that could be desired,
md several good reasons are advanced TO
gynI,in this state Of things, among which
~ the hi,h prices Of coke and ore and the
a.,rgir,- of the Interstate Commerce bill.
VIII tine outcome Of the matter will he
,,n mot De- toretold NJ the present time.
Srfi,r II to sly that - gentleman who
knows has remarked that there has not
been such another
ERA or DEPRESSION
IN I'M, nail and steel business Tor 4 long
finn, But be- this Is il may there Is bound
d, h. reaction sooner OF later, and bust
ras. 4, these industries will resume ITS
wontrd activity.
4, nm. line OF dullueSs the sheet iron
trade Is not very tar. ii any behind these
The strike al the Crescent having been
settled the mill resumed operations last
Wednesday, giving work 10 4 large force
rr rru and II is now ruGning nearly full
f,rr, but ~ the market is 80 quiet 1t Is
h,rI ~, tell how long this Will last.
II Is nv candid opinion that matters IL
industrial circles will rcmIin very quiet
untlI after the meeting Of the Amal@ama-
ted Association in June ~ there has beer
mmor atoat 20 the effect that the con-
yeprIon will result in g general demand oil
10 Der cent advance ma wages all around,
and il this demand is made the prObablll'
ties are that a strike will enSue. Of cOurS'
there Is nothing definite known regarding
this proposed action, but it is pretty Ger
tam that Is where the rub comes In.
ALl.rHE OTHER TRADES
in the rity are in y i%ouriShing condition
especially Ia the building line, while the
fDuslrIrS. mlrhine shops and glass houses
are doing their share toward prOSperlns
Oh. city.
KliryrS, Kraft X Co. report business
still booming aud the prospects good to- :
big summer They have Oh hand tn,
contract for the erection of the new school
building in Washington sub-diStrict, which
will give employment to a good force o
men an summer and part Of the winter.
Holiday \ Son, Brltz, Fading X Co. anC
Hancs n Wilson also report trade lively
at their establishments.
The Central t1laNS Works is running ful
time ald business il reported good, Wit
hlttering prospects ahead, which Is tn
sane condition ui things At Hobbs, Brock
UnIrT ~ Co.'S.
At the La Belle and Belmont lactOrie
there Is nothing new to report, and the OF
IcralS have no idea when the establish
m,ntS will rsSume work. The RiverSId
factory will run, partly, several days Oh
coming week To stock mp 4 little, bu
whether she will continue any length u
m Is not known.
4 report WIS put in circulation the pas
week that the Benw0od factory woul
shortly return to he manufacture of irO
nails, but THIS has proved to he merely idl
TUmOr,
MD WITHOUT FORMATION,
although there may have beeu talk oE It
Stunning on steel nails.
The Riverside steel plant il running
hut Nh Wheeling plant is idle ut present
owing Ia several lUses. At the Top mil
the blast furnace is shut down on aCcOun
OF a scarcity ut coke, and the muck depart
ment is also idle.
Eloch Bros tobacco factory is in fuI
blast, with a bright outlook for the future
The Wheeling pottery, while not run
nlng to its fullest capacity, IS doing talrl,
and trade is reported good. Some t'
details remain To he completed for tn
new pottery, aud when they are complete
the work of building will be con
menCed.
Az Bells foundry trade Is reported fair
lint the establishment is only runuiu
about half fOIce at present. Fisher
Sons Star Foundry is also only workin
part OF IT'S force on account OF the scarcit
of coke, owing 10 the Connellsville Strik,
Trade Is reported very good.
Sweeney x Sons foundry and machir
shops are running TO their fullest capacit!
with good prospects ahead. 4 large for,
II still engaged on heavy work for a Phi
hpsburg glass factory. This firm has bee
experimenting with natural gas rs q fu,
TO melt iron and the prospects are that Il
experiments will result successfully.
final trial will be made in a few days.
SpsrdT Correspondence Of thS SaRfIy Register.
PHIADELPHIl, PA, May l9.-It
only within the last few week, that the a
tentiOn OF employers has been called to Il
great urgency of organization among then
selves for mutual protection and detenS
against organized labor. The increase
the number OF strikes, and the apPAreI
determination oflabor both organized NJ
unOrglnized TO secure higher compensate
and to establish arbitrary rules has CO
WINGED employers and manufacture
generally that something more than q me
outward organization will be neceSsar
aHH e. "a